32" Green River Fossil Fish Display With Phareodus - Wall Mount

Green River Fossil Fish Display With Phareodus - Wall Mount #280223

Due to the size and weight of this piece it will be shipped on a pallet or in a crate via freight. Our website cannot automatically calculate freight shipping costs, so these costs will be calculated and billed after purchase. Please contact us prior to purchase if you need a shipping quote.

This is a gorgeous fossil fish "mural" from the Green River Formation of Wyoming. The entire piece measures 32.3 x 22.7" and features a massive, 19.8" wide Phareodus (uncommon fish), a 5.65" wide Cockerellites (Priscacara) liops, and 7 (and a half) Knightia eocaena fish that range from 3.1" to 3.8" wide. These fossils were collected from Lindgren Quarry near Kemmerer, Wyoming. The two largest fish (Phareodus and Cockerellites) have been inlaid into the plate of naturally associated Knightia fish.

The entire piece has been backed with wood for stability and upon request we can add wall mounting hardware at no additional cost. It weighs 54.6 lbs and will ship in a wooden crate on a pallet.

About Fossil Lake

50 million years ago, in the Eocene epoch, these fish thrived in Fossil Lake, which was fed by the Uinta and Rocky Mountain highlands. The anoxic conditions at the bottom of Fossil Lake slowed bacterial decomposition, prevented scavengers from disturbing corpses, and, most interestingly, suffocated creatures that ventured into the oxygen-starved aquatic layer. The result is a miraculous exhibition of Eocene biota: a subtropical aquatic community within sycamore forests, teeming with creatures such as freshwater stingrays, dog-sized horses, menacing alligators, early flying bats, and one of the first primates.

A view of one of the commercial quarries where fossils from the Green River Formation are collected.